Category Archives: Corruption
Investigative report: “Quid pro Status Quo: ALEC and State-Sanctioned Corruption in Ohio
Quid pro Status Quo: ALEC and State-Sanctioned Corruption in Ohio By Beau Hodai, May, 2012 Download report in PDF format View source materials directory for this article Part 1: Legislative Service with a Smile “Quid pro quo: something given or … Continue reading →
Posted in Campaign finance, Conflicts of interest, Corruption, Investigative report, Jiffy Squid, Lobbying and Special Interests, Public records, Public-private partnerships
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Tagged ALEC, American Legislative Exchange Council, Bricker and Eckler, campaign finance, Corruption, Ed Kozelek, Faith Williams, Gift disclosure violations, Kara Joseph, Megan Lashutka, Ohio General Assembly, Ohio House of Representatives, Ohio Joint Legislative Ethics Committee, Ohio lobby law, Ohio Office of the Legislative Inspector General, Ohio Representative Bill Batchelder, Ohio Representative John Adams, Ohio Senate, Ohio Senator Tom Niehaus, state sanctioned corruption, Time Warner Cable, Tony Bledsoe
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This is what censorship sounds like
April 23, 2011 On Monday, April 23, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) held a telephonic press conference to discuss what the group referred to as “the latest harassment tactic against ALEC by liberal front groups.” DBA Press founder, Beau Hodai, … Continue reading →
Posted in Censorship, Conflicts of interest, Corruption, Jiffy Squid, Lobbying and Special Interests, Media matters
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Tagged ALEC, American Legislative Exchange Council
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DBA Press releases ALEC centralized source materials directory
DBA Press and the Center for Media and Democracy are pleased to announce the release of the “ALEC centralized source materials archive.” This archive contains well over 10,000 pages of documents gathered from the offices of ALEC public sector chairs … Continue reading →
Posted in Corruption, Lobbying and Special Interests, Public records, Public-private partnerships, Source Materials Archive, tutorial
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Tagged ALEC, ALEC model legislation, American Legislative Exchange Council, Amy Boyer, Cindi Marsiglio, Corruption, Debbie Lesko, Ed Kozelek, Hamilton Consulting Group, Jimmy Patronis, John Adams, public records, public records requests, Raegan Weber, Robin Vos, Russell Smoldon, Time Warner Cable, Wal-Mart
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Inside ALEC: naked contempt for the press and public in Scottsdale
Inside ALEC: naked contempt for the press and public in Scottsdale By Beau Hodai: DBA Press/PR Watch (of the Center for Media and Democracy)/In These Times January, 2012 Download this report in PDF format. “Mr. Hodai had a history at … Continue reading →
Posted in Censorship, Conflicts of interest, Corruption, Lobbying and Special Interests, Media matters, Public-private partnerships
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Tagged ALEC, ALEC model legislation, American Legislative Exchange Council, Corruption, Occupy ALEC, Occupy Phoenix, Westin Kierldand
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